January 2016 was the 12th coolest January at WFO Jackson. Precipitation-wise was right near the middle...with last month being the 19th driest or 18th wettest January. It was also the 3rd snowiest January. January 22nd was snowiest January day...and the second snowiest ever only behind March 13th 1993's 19.8 inches. Here is the January 2016 climate summary for Jackson:
..THE JACKSON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2016...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1981 TO 2016
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 78 01/31/2002
LOW -18 01/19/1994
01/21/1985
01/20/1985
HIGHEST 66 01/31 66 0 64 01/03
LOWEST 6 01/18 4 2 -1 01/08
AVG. MAXIMUM 41.6 43.1 -1.5 42.0
AVG. MINIMUM 24.4 26.8 -2.4 25.1
MEAN 33.0 34.9 -1.9 33.5
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 8 6.1 1.9 6
DAYS MIN <= 32 26 20.7 5.3 24
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.5 -0.5 1
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.28 1994
MINIMUM 0.80 1981
TOTALS 3.29 3.61 -0.32 2.12
DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.12 -0.01 0.07
DAYS >= .01 11 14.1 -3.1 13
DAYS >= .10 7 7.3 -0.3 5
DAYS >= .50 1 2.4 -1.4 1
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.95 01/22 TO 01/23 0.81
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 26.3 1994
TOTALS 21.4 7.1 14.3 2.7
SINCE 7/1 21.4 12.6 8.8 3.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 2 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 3 2.2 0.8 1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 17R 01/23 2
24 HR TOTAL 15.7R 01/22 TO 01/22 1.5
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 986 932 54 969
SINCE 7/1 2012 2566 -554 2714
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/280 DATE 01/12
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/300 DATE 01/12
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1
LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 3
LIGHT SNOW 12 SLEET 0
FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3
HAZE 3
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
Here is the Jackson KY Local Climatological Data (LCD) sheet for January:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: JACKSON KY
MONTH: JANUARY
YEAR: 2016
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND
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1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
12Z AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR
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1 41 30 36 1 29 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.8 10 260 M M 6 14 260
2 46 25 36 1 29 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.8 14 240 M M 0 23 230
3 49 29 39 4 26 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.9 13 300 M M 1 17 300
4 36 24 30 -5 35 0 T 0.1 0 5.0 12 360 M M 7 18 360
5 38 17 28 -7 37 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.1 7 50 M M 0 12 30
6 46 24 35 0 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.4 6 160 M M 0 9 30
7 54 32 43 8 22 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.5 7 60 M M 3 13 90
8 56 43 50 15 15 0 0.41 0.0 0 3.5 8 220 M M 9 1 13 220
9 57 44 51 16 14 0 0.10 0.0 0 2.3 8 130 M M 3 1 12 120
10 49 18 34 -1 31 0 0.32 T 0 8.2 22 270 M M 10 1 33 270
11 32 12 22 -13 43 0 T T 0 4.5 10 240 M M 5 17 210
12 40 18 29 -6 36 0 0.01 0.1 0 9.3 24 280 M M 7 1 38 300
13 34 12 23 -12 42 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.4 10 230 M M 2 17 220
14 59 33 46 11 19 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.7 16 240 M M 0 26 230
15 48 42 45 10 20 0 0.14 0.0 0 4.2 13 270 M M 5 1 19 250
16 45 30 38 3 27 0 0.01 T 0 5.1 16 290 M M 10 16 25 290
17 31 16 24 -11 41 0 0.01 0.3 0 6.2 18 280 M M 10 16 27 290
18 20 6 13 -22 52 0 T T T 6.5 13 290 M M 4 8 19 290
19 21 7 14 -21 51 0 T T T 2.7 8 260 M M 5 18 13 270
20 27 13 20 -15 45 0 0.19 2.4 T 2.1 9 320 M M 9 12 13 310
21 26 20 23 -12 42 0 0.00 0.0 2 2.4 9 130 M M 8 1 16 70
22 23 21 22 -13 43 0 1.90 15.7 2 6.6 12 30 M M 10 12 23 60
23 25 16 21 -14 44 0 0.18 2.8 17 5.1 14 330 M M 10 18 20 320
24 35 12 24 -11 41 0 0.00 0.0 15 2.2 6 200 M M 0 10 220
25 50 26 38 3 27 0 0.00 0.0 12 5.0 13 190 M M 2 20 180
26 49 32 41 6 24 0 0.02 0.0 8 5.6 12 310 M M 10 12 20 190
27 37 26 32 -3 33 0 0.00 0.0 4 2.6 10 310 M M 5 14 320
28 46 20 33 -3 32 0 T 0.0 4 5.1 14 230 M M 2 6 26 250
29 41 31 36 0 29 0 T T 3 5.3 15 260 M M 7 23 250
30 62 30 46 10 19 0 0.00 0.0 3 5.7 12 220 M M 0 21 220
31 M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M
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SM 1223 709 978 0 3.29 21.4 138.8 M 150
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AV 40.8 23.6 4.6 FASTST M M 5 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 24 280 # 38 300
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2
STATION: JACKSON KY
MONTH: JANUARY
YEAR: 2016
LATITUDE: 37 35 N
LONGITUDE: 83 19 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 32.2 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 3.29 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.7 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.32 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 62 ON 30 GRTST 24HR 1.95 ON 22-23 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 6 ON 18 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: 21.4 INCHES 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR 15.7 ON 22 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
GRTST DEPTH: 17 ON 23 7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:
VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH] [WEATHER - DAYS WITH] 9 = BLOWING SNOW
X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW: 8 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 11
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 7
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 26 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 978 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 12
DPTR FM NORMAL 46 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 9
TOTAL FM JUL 1 2004 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 9
DPTR FM NORMAL -562
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.62 ON 5
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.49 ON 10
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-01-16#
January 2016 was the 12th driest and 19th coldest January at London. Here is the January 2016 climate summary for the London Corbin Airport:
...THE LONDON KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2016...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2016
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 74 01/31/2002
01/24/1972
LOW -25 01/19/1994
HIGHEST 65 01/31 MM MM 62 01/20
01/04
01/03
LOWEST 0 01/24 MM MM 3 01/08
AVG. MAXIMUM 41.9 44.8 -2.9 43.8
AVG. MINIMUM 21.0 26.4 -5.4 25.0
MEAN 31.4 35.6 -4.2 34.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 7 4.6 2.4 3
DAYS MIN <= 32 27 21.7 5.3 25
DAYS MIN <= 0 1 0.6 0.4 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 10.09 1957
MINIMUM 1.07 1981
TOTALS 2.08 3.54 -1.46 2.38
DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.11 -0.04 0.08
DAYS >= .01 9 11.3 -2.3 11
DAYS >= .10 3 6.9 -3.9 6
DAYS >= .50 1 2.5 -1.5 2
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.16 01/22 TO 01/23 1.15
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 17.6 1978
TOTALS MM 4.5 MM MM
SINCE 7/1 MM 5.6 MM MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM 2 MM MM
DAYS >= 1.0 MM 1.9 MM MM
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH MM MM
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1031 911 120 942
SINCE 7/1 2171 2563 -392 2609
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/290 DATE 01/12
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/290 DATE 01/12
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 2
LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0
FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5
HAZE 3
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
Here is the London KY Local Climatological Data (LCD) sheet for January:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: LONDON KY
MONTH: JANUARY
YEAR: 2016
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND
================================================================================
1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
12Z AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR
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1 39 26 33 -3 32 0 0.00 M M 5.5 12 260 M M 6 14 270
2 44 23 34 -2 31 0 0.00 M M 3.7 15 250 M M 0 1 19 270
3 48 25 37 1 28 0 0.00 M M 6.8 14 270 M M 0 18 350
4 37 25 31 -5 34 0 T M M 8.5 20 20 M M 8 26 10
5 39 19 29 -7 36 0 0.00 M M 3.4 10 100 M M 0 14 80
6 46 17 32 -3 33 0 0.00 M M 0.8 9 110 M M 0 11 100
7 57 24 41 6 24 0 0.00 M M 0.6 6 80 M M 3 10 240
8 55 39 47 12 18 0 0.24 M M 4.8 17 190 M M 8 1 22 200
9 55 34 45 10 20 0 0.41 M M 2.3 9 130 M M 3 1 13 130
10 48 17 33 -2 32 0 0.09 M M 13.2 28 270 M M 10 1 37 260
11 34 13 24 -11 41 0 0.00 M M 5.8 13 240 M M 2 17 250
12 41 20 31 -4 34 0 T M M 12.5 30 290 M M 6 44 290
13 34 13 24 -11 41 0 0.00 M M 3.4 14 190 M M 1 17 190
14 58 27 43 8 22 0 0.00 M M 6.8 20 230 M M 0 27 190
15 47 30 39 4 26 0 0.09 M M 3.8 13 270 M M 5 1 16 270
16 46 31 39 4 26 0 0.01 M M 6.9 18 280 M M 10 1 24 270
17 32 17 25 -10 40 0 T M M 9.0 22 290 M M 10 28 290
18 19 7 13 -22 52 0 T M M 7.2 16 320 M M 2 22 320
19 23 8 16 -19 49 0 T M M 2.2 9 10 M M 4 12 10
20 30 18 24 -11 41 0 0.06 M M 5.4 14 220 M M 9 12 19 230
21 29 23 26 -10 39 0 0.00 M M 6.0 12 80 M M 8 1 17 40
22 28 22 25 -11 40 0 1.15 M M 10.1 17 10 M M 10 126 24 10
23 25 6 16 -20 49 0 0.02 M M 7.1 14 340 M M 9 128 18 330
24 33 0 17 -19 48 0 0.00 M M 0.3 7 190 M M 5 128 8 190
25 49 12 31 -5 34 0 0.00 M M 4.9 15 180 M M 2 128 20 180
26 50 33 42 6 23 0 0.01 M M 6.3 15 210 M M 10 1 25 210
27 37 19 28 -8 37 0 0.00 M M 3.3 10 350 M M 5 15 20
28 46 14 30 -6 35 0 0.00 M M 3.1 16 250 M M 2 1 23 260
29 42 26 34 -2 31 0 0.00 M M 5.1 15 310 M M 3 18 310
30 62 24 43 7 22 0 0.00 M M 6.5 17 210 M M 0 24 200
31 65 39 52 15 13 0 0.00 M M 11.1 26 190 M M 5 41 200
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SM 1298 651 1031 0 2.08 M 176.4 M 146
================================================================================
AV 41.9 21.0 5.7 FASTST M M 5 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 30 290 # 44 290
================================================================================
NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2
STATION: LONDON KY
MONTH: JANUARY
YEAR: 2016
LATITUDE: 37 4 N
LONGITUDE: 84 5 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 31.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.08 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: -4.2 DPTR FM NORMAL: -1.46 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 65 ON 31 GRTST 24HR 1.16 ON 22-23 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 0 ON 24 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: M 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR M ON M 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
GRTST DEPTH: M ON M 7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:
VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH] [WEATHER - DAYS WITH] 9 = BLOWING SNOW
X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW: 7 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 3
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 27 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 1 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 1031 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 12
DPTR FM NORMAL 120 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 11
TOTAL FM JUL 1 2171 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 8
DPTR FM NORMAL -392
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.60 ON 5
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.52 ON 15
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